The Penguins pared their roster to 27 with their latest cuts, including sending Angelo Esposito back to his junior club.With 20 players an almost definite to make the team, this leaves 3 spots up for grabs for: Ryan Stone, Tim Brent, Jonathan Filewich, Adam Hall on offense and Kris Letang, Mike Weaver and Alain Nasreddine on defense.With Conklin being sent back, the goaltending tandem of Fleury-Sabourin is assured.Take a deeper look for probable opening day lineups.

The first two Leafs pre-season games have shown certain qualities about certain players. Some players have risen and appear to have a shot at cracking the Leafs roster, while others I had pencilled in at roster spots seem to be drifting away.